& that somehow made life not so great when such things happen, & at your backyard!
malaysia is also suffering its spate of violence-related crimes; rapes (with children being more common victims now), murders (gang-related, or just fickle flare-ups), abuse (maids, children), etc.
for malaysia at least, i can say education emphasises too much on academic intelligence & none on emotional intelligence. kids & their parents as well don't learn about emotions & how damaging they can be if unchecked. can u let your anger flare up without controlling it? at least, u'll have people in the immediate area hurt. at worst, the consequences of the damage will ripple out to others & continues.
it's just too easy to let emotions control the steering wheel of a person. i think everyone should or must learn about emotions. emotions are what make us human rather than just intelligence. if we fail to understand that, we fail to understand our humanity, therefore we fail to become human. we will fall back to animalism.
my 2cents.